Area Converter

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Choose units, enter a value, and click Calculate. Use Swap to reverse units before calculating.

Result

Note: Results use standard conversion factors for everyday and educational use. Verify critical measurements with official references.

Area

Switch between acres, square feet, square meters, hectares, square miles, and more, with a free area converter that keeps both metric and imperial results accurate.

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Need to move between acres, square feet, square meters, hectares, square miles, or dozens of other area units? Pick your units, enter a value, and click Calculate for an instant summary.

How to use the Area Converter

  1. Select the unit you’re converting from and the one you’re converting to.
  2. Enter your area value in the Value field.
  3. Click Calculate to see the converted result and summary.
  4. Use Swap units if you want to flip direction and calculate again.

Looking for a focused one-pair tool, say square feet to hectares or square meters to acres? Browse the related converters linked from our Area Conversion Guide. For other categories like length, volume, or weight, the Conversion Calculator covers those too.

Common area conversions

  • 1 acre works out to 43,560 square feet
  • 1 hectare equals 10,000 square meters, or about 2.471 acres
  • 1 square meter comes to roughly 10.764 square feet
  • 1 square mile equals 640 acres

Who uses area converters

  • Home buyers comparing lot sizes given in acres against listings in square feet
  • Students working through geometry and land-measurement problems
  • Surveyors, architects, and planners switching between metric and imperial plans
  • Farmers and real-estate professionals sizing up a field or parcel

Common questions

Quick answers before you start calculating.

It covers acres, hectares, ares, cents, square feet, square meters, square miles, square yards, square inches, square kilometers, and a range of scientific and specialty units, including barns and square angstroms.